Hans Conzett (27 July 1915 – 20 March 1996) was a Swiss politician. He served as president of the Farmers, Traders and Independents and of the resulting conservative

Swiss People's Party The Swiss People's Party (german: Schweizerische Volkspartei, SVP; rm, Partida populara Svizra, PPS), also known as the Democratic Union of the Centre (french: Union démocratique du centre, UDC; it, Unione Democratica di Centro, UDC), is a nati ...

. At the international level he was Chairman of

UNICEF UNICEF (), originally called the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in full, now officially United Nations Children's Fund, is an agency of the United Nations responsible for providing Humanitarianism, humanitarian and Devel ...

. He was also a publisher. Born in Zurich,

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, Conzett was the son of National Councilman Hans C. Conzett of the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

. He studied law from 1935 to 1941 at the University of Zurich and obtained his doctorate in 1944. Conzett worked in the print shop Conzett & Huber, where his father was once a partner. As a publisher, he was a promoter of the magazine '' Du'' and founder of '' Manesse library of world literature''. In addition, he was involved in

and headed a Swiss committee from 1959 to 1988 as president. He was the international Chairman of UNICEF from 1974 to 1976.Executive Board
,

In his political activity Conzett sat in the National Council as a member of the BGB from 1951 until his resignation in 1971. He presided the Petitions Committee and the Commission of Foreign Affairs, and from 1967 to 1968 the National Council. As a party politician he presided from 1965 to 1971 the BGB. He advocated an association of Graubünden and Glarus Democrats with the BGB and was then to 1976 the first president of the resulting Swiss People's Party. Because of his commitment to the preservation of the

Stockalper Castle The Stockalper Palace (German: ''Stockalperpalast'') is a castle in Brig-Glis, Switzerland. It was built between 1658 and 1678 by Kaspar Stockalper, a silk merchant of Brig. The Stockalper Palace was the largest private construction in Switzerland ...

, Conzett was given the honorary citizenship of the city of Brig in 1961. He died on 20 March 1996, aged 80.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Conzett, Hans 1915 births 1996 deaths Swiss People's Party politicians Politicians from Zürich Swiss officials of the United Nations Chairmen and Presidents of UNICEF Presidents of the National Council (Switzerland)